Cover-Up Garment

ABSTRACT

A garment has a material tubular body portion with a first end and a second end opposite the first end. The first end is closed. The body portion has opposing sides extending between the first end and the second end. A first arm portion and a second arm portion are disposed on the body portion at the first end on opposite ones of the opposing sides. Each of the first and second arm portions have respective free arm ends to allow the first and second arm portions to be connected to one another when wrapped around a wearer&#39;s waist.

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

This application claims benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 62/310,222 filed Mar. 18, 2016, entitled Backside Cover-Up Wrap Garment, and U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 62/362,926 filed Jul. 15, 2016, entitled Backside Cover-Up Wrap Garment, the disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Field of the Invention

The invention relates to exercise garments, in particular to a garment that conceals a person's posterior or groin area during exercising.

Common exercising clothing such as yoga pants are tight so as to allow for comfort and ease of movement during exercising or stretching movements. However, such form-fitting attire can draw undesired attention to a person as the garment's tightness and material weight (thinness) can be extremely contour revealing. When worn in gyms or other public locals, the person can be subjected to being ogled at by others that that lack self control or restraint. This is especially the case when a person is performing movements that may accentuate or draw attention to the posterior or groin areas of the person. Being ogled in such a manner can be very degrading, unnerving, and/or distressful to the person being ogled.

Description of the Related Art

It is well known to use to use cover-ups when wearing swimwear such as bikinis. Such cover-ups are typically long flowing thin material such as sarong which is wrapped around the person's body multiple times. While such a garment is well suited to walking or lounging it is not suitable for exercising movements, as the material is long and loose and wrapped multiple times around a person. This means that is can easily become caught in exercise equipment or otherwise tangled causing a hazard for the person. Additionally, the thin material cover-ups do not provide for secure storage for personal items such as smartphones, wallets, or personal music playing devices and are limited in this regard. Moreover, due to the form fitting nature of exercise clothing exercising garments are not provided with storage for such items. As such, the inventors found that there was a need for providing storage capabilities in a cover-up garment.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

It is accordingly an object of the invention to provide a cover-up garment, which overcomes the hereinafore-mentioned disadvantages of the heretofore-known devices of this general type and which is constructed to be of a suitable length that allows the person to exercise or stretch in an unrestricted manner.

With the foregoing and other objects in view there is provided, in accordance with the invention, a garment that has a material tubular body portion with a first end and a second end opposite the first end. The first end is closed. The body portion has opposing sides extending between the first end and the second end. A first arm portion and a second arm portion are disposed on the body portion at the first end on opposite ones of the opposing sides. Each of the first and second arm portions have respective free arm ends to allow the first and second arm portions to be connected to one another when wrapped around a wearer's waist.

In accordance with another feature of the invention, the body portion has an opening to the interior adjacent the first end. A pocket is disposed in the body interior and is affixed to the body portion at the opening and the opening leads into the pocket.

In accordance with a further feature of the invention, the pocket is waterproof.

In accordance with an added feature of the invention, the waterproof pocket is provided with a closure at the opening.

In accordance with an additional feature of the invention, the closure is a waterproof zipper.

In accordance with yet another feature of the invention, the pocket and the opening are substantially centered between the opposing sides on the body portion.

In accordance with still yet another feature of the invention, the opening is provided on the body portion longitudinally aligned with the arm portions.

In accordance with still yet another feature of the invention, the first and second arm portions are tubular and each have a respective arm interior.

With the foregoing and other objects in view there is also provided, in accordance with the invention, a garment that includes an oblong segment of material having opposing longitudinal ends. A first elongated segment of material is affixed laterally on the oblong segment of material at a first one of the longitudinal ends. A second elongated segment of material is affixed laterally on the oblong segment of material opposite the first elongated segment of material and at the first one of the longitudinal ends. the oblong segment of material having an opening formed therein at a longitudinal position on the oblong segment of material within one third of an overall length of the oblong segment of material. The opening spanning a longitudinal centerline of the oblong segment of material. The opening has a pocket disposed on the oblong segment of material at the opening. The opening issues into the pocket.

With the foregoing and other objects in view there is also provided, in accordance with the invention, a garment that includes a material body portion that has a first end and a second end opposite the first end. The body portion has opposing sides that extend between the first end and the second end. A first arm portion. A second arm portion. The first and second arm portions are attached to the body portion opposite one another at the first end and on the opposing sides. Each of the first and second arm portions have respective free arm ends to allow the first and second arm portions to be connected to one another when wrapped around a wearer's waist. The body portion has an opening formed therein at a distance within one third of an overall distance between the first end and the second end. The opening spans a centerline of the body portion between the opposing sides. The opening has a pocket disposed on body portion at the opening. The opening issues into the pocket.

In accordance with a concomitant feature of the invention, the pocket and the opening are substantially centered between the opposing sides on the body portion.

In accordance with a concomitant feature of the invention, the opening is provided on the body portion aligned with the arm portions.

The present invention is a cover-up garment that is more versatile and easier to use and overcomes the disadvantages disclosed above. The cover-up garment includes features constructed to allow for exercising movements and which provides secure storage for personal items.

Other features which are considered as characteristic for the invention are set forth in the appended claims.

Although the invention is illustrated and described herein as embodied in an cover-up garment, it is nevertheless not intended to be limited to the details shown, since various modifications and structural changes may be made therein without departing from the spirit of the invention and within the scope and range of equivalents of the claims.

The construction and method of operation of the invention, however, together with additional objects and advantages thereof will be best understood from the following description of specific embodiments when read in connection with the accompanying drawings.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is plan view of the garment with a pocket in a closed state;

FIG. 2 is partial plan view of the garment of FIG. 1, with the pocket in an open state;

FIG. 3 is partial plan view from within the garment of FIG. 1, showing the pocket pouch;

FIG. 4 is partial plan view of the garment of FIG. 1, with the pocket in the closed state;

FIG. 5 is a front view of a person with the garment of FIG. 1, worn around the person's waist;

FIG. 6 is a rear view of a person with the garment of FIG. 1, worn around the person's waist;

FIG. 7 is plan view of the garment showing cutting planes for the different section views;

FIG. 8 is a section view along line A-A of FIG. 7;

FIG. 9 is a section view along line B-B of FIG. 7;

FIG. 10 is a section view along line D-D of FIG. 7;

FIG. 11 is a section view along line C-C of FIG. 7;

FIG. 12 is a rear view of an embodiment of the garment;

FIG. 13 is a front view of the garment shown in FIG. 12;

FIG. 14 is a top view of the garment shown in FIG. 12;

FIG. 15 is a bottom view of the garment with a single layer of material;

FIG. 16 is a side view of the garment shown in FIG. 16, where both the left side view and the right side view are the same.

FIG. 17 is a bottom view of the garment with two layers of material; and

FIG. 18 is a side view of the garment shown in FIG. 17, where both the left side view and the right side view are the same.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

Referring now to the drawings and first particularly to FIG. 1 there is shown the wrap/cover up 10 of the present invention. It is noted that cover up 10 appears in the shape of a long sleeve-shirt, however the cover up 10 is not a shirt since it does not and cannot function as a shirt. Specifically, there is no opening at the top of the shirt as is typical in most shirts. Cover up 10 has a body portion 20, which may be tubular. The body portion 20 is generally oblong in shape with a first end 21, a second end 22 and lateral sides 24. The second end 22 may be open and first end 21 is closed. Elongated sleeves/arms 23 extend, on opposite ones of the lateral sides 24 of the body portion 20, adjacent the first end 21. The arms 23 each have a free end 25. When placed around a wearer, the arms 23 are connected to one another. This may be achieved by tying the arms 23 to one another or by providing hook and loop fasteners or some other easily adjustable connectors, which can efficiently accommodate different body sizes.

The body portion 20 has a front side 29 and a rear side 30. The rear side 30 has an opening 26 formed therein that leads into a waterproof pocket 31 adjacent the first end 21. The pocket 31 is disposed on a rear side 30 of the body portion 20. As can be seen in FIG. 2, the opening 26 has a zipper 40 or other fastener such as hook and loop fasteners to keep pocket 31 closed. In a preferred embodiment the pocket is approximately 6 inches wide and 3½ inches deep.

As shown in FIG. 5 the cover up 10 is shown worn or wrapped around the body of a user 50, with the first end 21 orientated and worn near the waist 52 of the user and the body portion 20 hanging from the waist 52 of the user with the second end 22 extending below the buttocks and near the back of the knees 54 of the user. The cover up 10 covers and conceals the posterior backside of the user, which prevents undesired attention to the wearer's backside.

As seen in FIG. 5, in the front view of the user 50, the arms 23 are wrapped around the waist of the user to secure cover up 10 around the waist 52 of the wearer where it is noted in this front view that the free ends 25 of the arms 23 hang in the front of the user to conceal the front of the user. Typically, arms 23 are tied in a knot 41 at the front of the user's waist to hold and support cover up 10 on the user's body. It can also be seen that the body portion 20 covers the buttocks of a user and the arms 23 cover or at least partially obscure the frontal areas of a user.

As can be seen in FIG. 8, when the body portion 20 is of two material layers 20 m the pocket 31 is within an interior portion 27 of body portion 20 with the opening of pocket 31 on the front side 29. Pocket 31 includes an interior portion 42 that provides a waterproof area within pocket 31 to protect valuables or a cell phone. In a preferred embodiment pocket 31 is a sealed area and the walls 43 of pocket 31 and the zipper 40 are made of a waterproof material to maintain the interior pocket portion 42 free of water or moisture.

When the cover up 10 has two layers, the cover up may have an opening 45 at the second end 22 of body portion 20. Further it can be seen in FIG. 8, that there is no opening at the first end 21 of body portion 20.

FIGS. 12, 13 and 14 show the garment cover up 10. FIGS. 15 and 16 show the garment cover up 10 where there is a single layer of fabric material. FIGS. 17 and 18 show the garment cover up 10 where there are two layers of fabric material.

In use cover up 10 is used by a user to cover portions of the user's body including the buttocks and frontal areas of the user's body. The body portion 20 extends below the buttocks of the user and covers and conceals the buttocks, the arms 23 after being connected can cover frontal areas of the user's body. The arms 23 are of sufficient length to allow a user to extend the sleeves around the user's waist and tie a knot 41 and allow the free ends 25 to hang from knot 41 due to the length of the arms 23.

Cover up 10 can be made of any wearable material used to come in contact with a user's body, the material can be constructed for exercising and to wick away moisture from the body of the user.

While the invention has been described in its preferred form or embodiment with some degree of particularity, it is understood that this description has been given only by way of example and that numerous changes in the details of construction, fabrication, and use, including the combination and arrangement of parts, may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. 

We claim:
 1. A garment comprising: a material tubular body portion, said tubular body portion having a first end and a second end opposite said first end, said first end being closed, said body portion having a body interior and opposing sides extending between said first end and said second end; a first arm portion; a second arm portion, said first and second arm portions being attached to said body portion at said first end on opposite ones of said opposing sides, each of said first and second arm portions having respective free arm ends for allowing said first and second arm portions to be connected to one another when wrapped around a wearer's waist.
 2. The garment according to claim 1, wherein said body portion has an opening to said interior adjacent said first end, a pocket disposed in said body interior and affixed to said body portion at said opening, said opening leads into said pocket.
 3. The garment according to claim 2, wherein said pocket is waterproof.
 4. The garment according to claim 3, wherein said waterproof pocket is provided with a closure at said opening.
 5. The garment according to claim 4, wherein said closure is a waterproof zipper.
 6. The garment according to claim 2, wherein said pocket and said opening are substantially centered between said opposing sides on said body portion.
 7. The garment according to claim 5, wherein said opening is provided on said body portion longitudinally aligned with said arm portions.
 8. The garment according to claim 1, wherein said first and second arm portions are tubular and each have a respective arm interior.
 9. A garment comprising: an oblong segment of material having opposing longitudinal ends; a first elongated segment of material affixed laterally on said oblong segment of material at a first one of said longitudinal ends; a second elongated segment of material affixed laterally on said oblong segment of material opposite said first elongated segment of material and at said first one of said longitudinal ends; said oblong segment of material having an opening formed therein at a longitudinal position on said oblong segment of material within one third of an overall length of said oblong segment of material, said opening spanning a longitudinal centerline of said oblong segment of material; said opening having a pocket disposed on said oblong segment of material at said opening, said opening issuing into said pocket.
 10. The garment according to claim 9, wherein said pocket is waterproof.
 11. The garment according to claim 9, wherein said opening has a closure that closes said opening.
 12. The garment according to claim 9, wherein said closure is a zipper.
 13. A garment comprising: a material body portion having a first end and a second end opposite said first end, said body portion having opposing sides extending between said first end and said second end; a first arm portion; a second arm portion, said first and second arm portions being attached to said body portion opposite one another at said first end on said opposing sides, each of said first and second arm portions having respective free arm ends for allowing said first and second arm portions to be connected to one another when wrapped around a wearer's waist; said body portion having an opening formed therein at a distance within one third of an overall distance between said first end and said second end, said opening spanning a centerline of said body portion between said opposing sides; said opening having a pocket disposed on body portion at said opening, said opening issuing into said pocket.
 14. The garment according to claim 13, wherein said pocket is waterproof.
 15. The garment according to claim 14, wherein said waterproof pocket is provided with a closure at said opening.
 16. The garment according to claim 15, wherein said closure is a waterproof zipper.
 17. The garment according to claim 13, wherein said pocket and said opening are substantially centered between said opposing sides on said body portion.
 18. The garment according to claim 13, wherein said opening is provided on said body portion aligned with said arm portions. 